two mothers, two daughters, all four murdered with way too many similar letters to ignore. >> this morning, a break in the case. what police are saying about the person they think may have committed these crimes that have held a community in fear. also great britain's prime minister heads to the white house today with bp sure to be on the agenda. fox 5 morning news continues right now. 6:00 on this tuesday morning. take a look outside. already looks like it is kind of a steamy one out there. it is july 20th, 2010. thank you for waking up with

us. i'm gurvir dhindsa. >> i'm steve chenevey. tony perkins along with us as well. >> we are looking at another steamy day today. another uncomfortable day as we'll continue to see our temperatures top out at above normal rates into the 90s again today. take a look at the current temperatures. we are in the 70s across the region. right now here in washington, we are at 77 degrees. elsewhere, we see temperature in the mid-70s. there are a couple of low 70s out there. dulles, 70 degrees. frederick, maryland, 72 degrees off to the east. oweship city, maryland is at 78 degrees at this hour. we do have some mist out there. -- ocean city, maryland is at 78 degrees at this hour. we'll see some clouds build in later on today and those clouds could bring with them a chance of scattered showers and thunderstorms in the latter part of the day. our typical high would be 89 degrees. we will again top that, 93 is what we're looking for downtown. more sunshine in the early part

of date than in the latter part of state and a chance of some thunderstorm activity here and there during the course of the afternoon. that is a look at what is happening with the weather. more coming up in just a little bit. >> thank you. let's check in with lauren once again with our traffic. >> we've got a new accident reported as you travel southbound on 95 in virginia. let's head out there. 95 south at lorton, it is right on the exit ramp. you are actually able to get by on the ramp. you can see here we do have police on both sides. you are able to get by in the center of the ramp. not affecting traffic southbound 95 which is a good thing. northbound, we do slow. want to take a look at the springfield camera. you will be on the brakes from the prince william parkway up through woodbridge into lorton and at the mixing bowl, we have volume building as you head up towards the beltway in the main lanes. hov lanes look pretty good at this point.

also, northbound 395 heading across the 14th street bridge, watch the new traffic pattern there. in the district, northwest d.c., dealing with connecticut avenue being shut down at calvert street right at the bridge over rock creek parkway. also some closures there affecting the ramps. your bet bet to head south maybe to use massachusetts over or 15th street. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. >> thank you. a big vote ahead on the hill for unemployment benefits. as of last month, america's unemployment rate was 9.5%, meaning more than 14.5 million people were out of work. of those, more than six and a half million had been unemployed for 27 weeks or longer. the unemployment benefits extension bill is expected to pass. the$34billion would be borrowed. republicans maintain they support extending the benefit but they want it paid for outright. the president is not letting up on his push for passage. >> it is time to stop holding workers laid off in thissery

session hostage to washington politics. >> the deficit this year is a trillion dollar for a second year in a row and more. the american people have had it with runaway federal spending, deficits and debt. >> two republicans are expected to cross party lines an vote with the democrats. president obama hosting the prime minister of britain later this morning at the white house. david cameron arrived at the british embassy last night and he will meet with the president for lunch today and when they do, they are expected to discuss the war in afghanistan as well as ask the land's decision to release the lockerbie bomber and bp's oil spill in the gulf. in the gulf, scientists say even though the cap is leaking, it is not making things worse. oil is slowly seeping out of the the cap but the man in charge of the spill says the small leak is no cause for alarm. he also as a seepage from the sea floor two miles away is probably not related to the blown-out well. there are new developments in the murders of two mothers and their daughters in prince

george's county. sources tell fox 5 an indictment is expected to be hand down to a person of interest. karen lofton and her daughter carissa were shot and killed in their upper marlboro home in january of 2009. sick week later, the bodies of dolores dewitt and her 19-year- old daughter ebony were found in the trunk of a burning car in largo. some believe the murders could be connected. >> we still have the loss in our family and it is going to be continuous through the rest of our lives. so it is never going to be -- i moon you can't bring them back but just to found out who did it will be a relief our family. sources say the person of interest is already in jail on unrelated federal charges including a violent crime. the u.s. attorneys confirms this person of interest is scheduled to go on trial in november and is being held without bond. police are investigating the murder of a virginia man killed in oakland, california.

he was in california if a job interview with google. police say he went to an oakland dentist for a cleaning sunday night. after his appointment, he and a dental hygienist were outside when two men held them up and he was shot to death. the dentist was not harmed. he was seen here with his wife. police and crime stoppers of oakland are covering a $0,000 reward for information to help solve this case. >>gang members and their soabt now off the streets and in custody. of those arrested, # 1 face immigration charges. only one. those arrested is an american citizen. -- 31 face immigration charges. only one of those arrested is an american citizen. lindsay lohan on her way to jail today. that is not the only trouble making headline for the actress this morning. [ female announcer ] welcome to busch gardens williamsburg,

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a legislative compromise cleared the way for an election to fill the seat of the late senator robert byrd. the compromise allows republican representative shelly moore capito to run for bird's seat and a sixth u.s. house term. democrat cart goodwin will be sworn in to temporarily fill the saturday. a torrential breakthrough in preventing the spread of hiv- aids as scientists introduced the new gel that can block the

transmission of the hiv virus during sex. research shows it reduced hiv infects in south african women by almost 40%. there was also a call if a more efficient worldwide fight against aids during separate speeches at the conference in vienna. former president clinton pushed for more funds to go grectly though those suffering with hoff and aids. bill gates wants health groups to do more with the money they are working with. today is the day lindsay lohan reports to jail. lohan is being blocked up for parole violations stemming from a 2007 drunk driving conviction. according to tmz, shapiro said he would represent lohan only if she grade to jill an followed his instructions. no word on whether she will have to seven the entire 90-day sentence. the troubled actress took to twitter last night saying the only bookings i'm familiar with are disney films. noser thought ill be booking into jail. 500 jobs opening up here in the tease area soon. we'll tell you who is hiring.

first, it looks like we might be in for a few storms later today and lauren demarco will take a look at traffic. s

we've had a lot of fun coming out and heating everybody these last couple of week and fox 5 morning news will be back out on the road on friday for our next stop in spoolsville, maryland in northwestern montgomery county. well love to have you come out and say hello. stay tuned to find out exactly where we are will be on friday morning. >> it is not just we humans who will be there. kennedy being our weather dog, will be in poolesville too. getting pretty popular, you know. coming up at 8:00, if you have ever wondered what kennedy is hike off camera, check out our facebook page. we have new behind the scenes

photos posted. that may give you a clue about what he is like off camera. >> maybe he has a different personality that we are not aware of. he is the most laid back dog i've ever met. >> maybe he is like tucker on the weekends when he turns into a completely different person. >> hi, little man. >> if any of those behind the scones photos show him doing anything other than laying down, they are staged. >> what if he was jumping through hoops. >> that would be matt gaffney, our executive producer. >> the dog wrangler. >> kennedy's new best friend. >> he is telling matt, i'm not done sitting here yet. >> if kennedy is outside today, he will be panting like the rest us. it will be another warm one. be sure to take care of your animals, your pets. don't leave them outside for

extended periods of time in this heat. make sure they are well taken care of. >> lots of water. >> and someone was pointing out to me i think in fredericksburg, someone mentioned it, don't let the pets be outside with the metal bowls with the water because it just warm up and the bowl gets hot. don't do it. here is a look at hd rar. check it out. a little line of showers and some thunderstorm activity. we have aseen some lightning with this system here. it is tracking to the north and east. i don't expect it to impact us but we will watch it during the course of the morning. we've already been watching it and showing you how it has developed. it is in western maryland and will continue to track kind of east-northeast during the course of the early-morning hours. this tie does not want to stay put. here is a look at the satellite- radar for our region. >> take it off. it's hot. >> well, maybe. okay, gurvir. here is a look at another view of that precipitation off to

the west. we to have a little bit of haze across the area this morning with that heat and humidity. out to the west, a very impressive area of thunderstorm activity extending from iowa across illinois into indiana as well. that is all tracking eastward. that is kind of of tracking to the south and east slowly. that won't be impacting us today either. the current temperatures around the region, we are at 75 degrees now in the district. our temperature has dropped off. 70 in gaithersburg. 76 in annapolis. some cooler spots now, 66 in manassas. 69 out at dulles airport. temperature trend for the rest of this workweek, here we go. not what you want. the trend is warmer. by friday, up into the upper 90s. a chance some of showers and thunderstorms each of these days until we get to friday. forecast for washington for today looks like this. early sun, some afternoon

clouds, scattered thunderstorms are possible. 93degrees for your high today. then for your five-day forecast, we showed you the temperatures but again, i do expect to see a chance of some scattered showers and thunderstorms this afternoon and evening. same for wednesday, same for thursday. hot, humid, friday and saturday. highs in the upper 90s. it will feel like once again it is 100 degrees. that is what is happening with the weather. now let's go to lauren demarco if an update on traffic. >> good morning. traveling the beltway in montgomery county, some slight delays off and on on the outer loop from college park in toward silver spring. 66 eastbound, we've got an accident in haymarket off on the right shoulder. then some delays through manassas. they are to the far left of your screen. can you see the slow traffic getting past the vienna metro and you will be on the brakes again approaching the beltway. no problems on the beltway in

virginia. 95 northbound slows through the prince william parkway up through woodbridge. let's check out the map that wave got. the police activity continues in the district, northwest d.c., connecticut avenue shut down near calvert street. so you want to think about 16th street or massachusetts avenue. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. back to you. >> thank you. with the job outlook right now, you might be asking is the world broke? well, there is some good news. new jobs are opening up. the appliance and electronics company h. h. gregg is opening 10 new stores in the d.c. area. it is looking to hire 500 employees. they are holding job fairs through wednesday northern virginia and in maryland. we've put more information about it on our web site at myfoxdc.com. check out the job shop also. we have listings for all levels of experience in all field. we'll talk more about honda's latest entry into the hybrid car race. as we go to the break, how about this. it is a bottle of bubbly like

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the market keeping a close eye on key earnings reports due utah today. chris cotter joins us with our fox business network. let's talk first about the market and the earnings we are looking at today. >> it is a huge day as far as earnings go when you talk about goldman sachs, john on & johnson, yahoo, apple as well, so a lot of heavy hitters. the biggest week that we'll have during earnings season and today might be the biggest day just in term of important names and across different industries. you have goldman sachs in finance. you've got johnson & johnson in consumer staples and yahoo and apple.

apple sold off yesterday. we were at almost two-month lows for a while before rebounding a bit. a lot of the concern out there. not so much about the five own 4 but about the marge uns heading into this earnings report -- about the margins heading into this earning report. and their competition, the droid x sold out over the weekend. reports yesterday had some apple investors worried about the fact that maybe we have some real competition for the iphone for the first time. so keep an eye on apple. it has been under pressure but a lot of times, when apple tanks a dip, investors see a buying opportunity and they step in. i can't that is true. let's talk about other competition in the hybrid car race. honda taking the next step trying to get ahead of the game. >> honda is going to, according to reports in japan being come out with two different vehicles. one is a hybrid they say will get better mileage than the toyota prius. i think they said 37 miles per gallon on the hybrid and then an all electric vehicle you can

plug into an outlet in your garage in the next three years. just an idea of where we're heading. before aseen the nissan leaf follow up on the prius more toward that all electrical vehicle. but it is about being able to have the convenience plugging in. >> coming up next, two crimes with too many similarities to ignore. two mothers, two daughters murdered. now, police may have a break in the case they have been searching for more than a year later. it is now 6:26.

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region. tucker and i actually discussed how differently can we put this. what other words can we use. >> we are in a rut. >> no, i want won't use that word, tucker. glad your mike was not on. 75degrees right now in washington. 75 in baltimore. dulles is at 69 degrees. owe someone city, 77 degrees mentd and frederick, maryland is at 70. here is a look at the satellite- radar if our region. we have some cloud cover here and there -- ocean city, 77 degrees. we do see some showers moving through western portions of maryland. we'll keep an eye on that. forecast for today, you know it. early sun, some afternoon clouds, some scattered showers and thunderstorms are possible. i think most folk will remain dry but some of you could see a thunderstorm. high today about 93 degrees. that is a look at the weather.

coming up in 15 minutes, today's ask the weather guy question. let me tell you. we chose this question because it is timely since we had an earthquake on friday but the answer is so complicated, please right now take out some paper, a slide rule and get red -- ready. >> if you do have a slide rule, call us and let us know. >> don't turn tucker's mic on, what were you do. >> right. >> let's check in with lauren to get a look at traffic. >> it is just 60, things are starting to break down already. >> it is the heat. >> looking forward to the ask the weather guy. we are dealing with a bit of a situation in northwest d.c., connecticut avenue shut down at calvert street. as you try to cross the bridge there, you will find you cannot continued north or southbound right here on connecticut avenue. you want to think about massachusetts or 16th street as an alternate. i believe we've got some video

of that scene. police there. they are also -- here we are. also reportedly some closures as you try to head onto rock creek. you want to follow their direction. this could be changing as we head into the morning with an ongoing investigation. out there on the roads, taking a live look outside, we have things looking pretty good right now. traveling 95 in virginia. we do have delays northbound from the prince wail wrap parkway. we've got the construction zone with the new traffic pat were here. starting to see some tea lays off and on leaving the beltway up past duke street and then here, a brief slowdown at the bridge with everybody moving single file to the right and the two lanes to the left to get across it. in maryland, no big problems to report on the beltway. very nice ride right now as you head from college park around into silver spring and you found yourself off and on the brake with some brief volume delaws but mostly all of your lanes are open and looking pretty good. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. >> thank you. new this morning, police want you to take a close look

at this picture. this is 16-year-old dahane harrison. she is missing from silver spring, last seen sunday morning at her home on new hampshire avenue. she is known to hang out in the white soak area including the white oak towers and also downtown silver spring. she was last seen wearing a gray one-piece romper. a suspect is expected to be indicted as authorities try to determine whether two cases of mother and daughter can the killings may be connected. stacy cohan has more. >> reporter: prosecutors are preparing to indict one person in at least one case of these double murders. now, in march of 2009, dolores dewitt and her 19-year-old daughter ebony were found in the truck of a burning car.

the suspect is already in chill j-lo on other charges. police have also believed that the person would killed the tea wits may have killed karen lofton and her daughter carissa. they are found shot to death in their home in january of 2009. >> i do myself think there is a good chance that they are linked. now, whether they will able to link this particular suspect to both of these cases and prove he did them is another mat engineer it would be a weight of off everybody's shoulder in the family because that is what we've been waiting on. it was a vicious crime, senseless crime and it took two beautiful people away that did not deserve to go like that. >> reporter: here is part of the reason police have suspected these cases were linked. both were mother and daughter the both, the moms were in their 40s and worked as nurses. they lived bay mile apart and the homicides happened about sick weeks apart. there are some that have said there are some glaring differences in the case which may mean they are coincidences but not entirely linked.

we should know more later today if this one suspect is indicted in the dewitt case and police perhaps will be more forthcoming as to whether or not these cases are involving the same killer or killers. an elderly man was murdered and police think his own daughter did it. it happened become in march at the residence inn in woodbridge. maureen umeh has the story. >> reporter: neighbors say 53- year-old patricia blevins told them she was a nurse. they say she lived in her parents' woodbridge home hoping to care for them until she began having financial problems. they say soon after, her mother suddenly passed away and the home that had been paid off decades ago went into foreclosure. neighbors say blevins began borrowing money and asking for favors. >> i know for the father, he was on a rhett respirator so we

ran an extext cord down to her house so he could have use of the respirator. >> reporter: prince willial county police say she and her father lived here at the residence inn in woodbridge n march, they say wilson, who had been suffer trg heart and lung conditions collapsed and later died at the hospital. an autopsy and toxicology report showed something very troubling. >> it came back that he had a very high left level of a generic form of of zoloft in his system. >> police say he did not have a prescription for the medication. prince william county police have charged her with felony homicide. some neighbors say they can't believe the crime. >> when i heard that, i thought maybe she was doing that just to keep him calm or something, you know, docile and maybe she overdid t.

>> reporter: maureen umeh, fox 5 news. >> the investigation is not closed. police say they are looking for more information and possibly even more victims. if convicted, she could face up to 40 years in prison. soy the house at the center of a d.c. murder mystery is now up to sale again. 1509 swan treat northwest in dupont circle, the house where robert wone was murdered four years ago. it is not the first time the house has sold sin the murder in 2006. the current owners are asking $1.6 million for the four- bedroom custom renovated house. a big storey we are following, a bill to he can tend unemployment benefits is expected to pass the senate today. it would extend joble claim to two and a half million people. the$34billion needed to pay for it would add to the deficit. republicans say they support extending benefits but they want this paid for outright. >> it is time to stop holding workers laid off in this recession hostage to washington

politics. >> the deficit this career is a trail wrong dollars for the second year in a row and more. the american people have had it with runaway federal spending being deficits and debt. >> two republican are expected to cross party lines and vote with the democrats. president obama having lunch with the new prime minister of britain today. david cameron arrived late last night. when he meets the president this morning, they are kennyed to discuss a wide range of topics including the war in afghanistan, scotland's decision to release the lockerbie bomber and bp's oil spill in the gulf. it is now day 6 # of leakage. the government's paint man on the spill says a small leak in the cap is no cause for alarm. admiral thad allen says the slow trickle does not look consequencual. he is letting bp keep the cap on for another day. there is also oil seeping up from the seabed a couple of miles way from the well but allen says that is throby not related to the blown-out well. one man's travel nightmare

is now over. >> he is back in fairfax county after being stuck overseas for two months when his name turned up for a no-fly list. we'll hear his side of the story and find out, although he has been cleared by the government, there one problem that might impact his future travel plans. we'll have that when we return. s

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a global conference on the future of afghanistan now under way. u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton is in kabul for the event. afghan president hamid karzai reaffirmed his commitment for afghan police and soldiers to take charge of security throughout the nation by 2014. secretary clinton said she believes the pakistani government knows where osama bin laden is hiding. national guard troops are going to head today u.s.-mexico border august 1st a year- long deployment. the troops are going to be

looking out for illegal crossers and smugglers. they are going to be armed but can use their weapons only to protect themself. the national guard will be fully dephiladelphia along the 2,000-mile border by september. >> stranded overseas for two months, one map's neat mare finally over and he is back home in fairfax county. he was denied access to the u.s. after his name turned up on the no-fly list. he talked to tom fitzgerald about the ordeal. >> back home after two months in egypt, yahya wehelie can finally smile. >> i had like a bill wrong bricks got off my back like oh, man being i'm home ever. >> reporter: two months ago while flying home to virginia, he landed in egypt where he was told his trip was over. >> they said we can't put you on this flight. >> reporter: his name wound occupy a no-fly list. he is muslim and even though he has never been in trouble with the law suddenly had to answer questions about his patriotism. >> it is like some weird ordeal

that i went through that i don't want any u.s. citizen to go through what i went through. >> he lived in a run-down egyptian hotel eating fast food and thinking of fizz hair faction home where he grew up, played basketball and wads surrounded by family. >> i'm an american citizen. this is my home. i don't know nothing else. >> reporter: finally, he was allowed it fly home. he says he is not angry but thinks people would are wrongfully placed on a no-fly list need a faster way to leer their name. >> i think it should be a little faster process into figuring out this guy is okay instead of having people wait for months on end. >> reporter: but the bottom line he says he is glad to be back in his own home even if the home coming was two months overdue. >> i'm happy to be back home.

tom fitzgerald. >> the hotel bill he racked up while waiting to come home, the u.s. government says he won't get a replacement passport until the bill is paid. >> really? so you are responsible for your own hotel bill when you are delayed by the government. >> i'm assuming. >> this is one way to keep them in the u.s., isn't it? >> okay. it will be another hot one today. we'll see temperatures in the 90s again today, folks. read it and weep. here we go. let me show you how things are shaping up across the region. we are keeping a tally. i don't know. at this point, we might as well keep a record of what is going on. today will be i think the 36th day of a 90-degree temperature or above for this year. last summer, we had 22 90-degree plus days already. in june w we had 18 and today,

13 -- today is the #th day. 36 days altogether and it will be another hot one and it will remain hot for the next couple of days so we'll just add on to the numbers and we'll see what the tally is at the end of the summer and at the end of the year but it is certainly impressive already. -- today is the 13th day. there are had spots where we are seeing our temperatures in the 60s. right here in washington, 75 degrees. 76 in annapolis. dulles, # 9 degrees. manassas, 68 degrees -- dulles, 69 degrees. there was some thunderstorm ask tuft. this is out to the west moving across we were portions of maryland now and can you see how that is tracking to the north and east so i don't expect it to impact our area. we are watching this other area of authority activity. some convective activity there across portions of the the midwest an pushing into the ohio valley. and there are some strong thunderstorms associated with that. for us though for the forecast for today, here is what we're

looking at. some early sunshine. i do think we'll see some loud during the course of the afternoon. scattered thunderstorms are possible this afternoon and evening. high again above normal, about 93 degrees. your five-day forecast, for tomorrow, 94 with some isolated thunderstorms. thursday, 93. isolated thunderstorms. and then yes, you're reading it correctly. friday and saturday, upper 90s. it will feel like 100. probably have i heat advisory in effect again as we head into the weekend. a hot one on tap. sorry about that. >> is your long-range forecast looking any better? >> that is you good question. oh, no, it does not look better. tucker was looking at it recently and a lot of hot weather. sorry about that. it is time for act weather guys. it is a segment where tucker

barnes and i put our big heads together to answer your most pressing questions weather- relate or otherwise. today's question is from w. d. prip let who wants to know what is the difference in the july 16th 3.6 tremor here, the 5.0 earthquake and the earthquake in haiti. please explain the richter scale. mr.triplet, if you are indeed a man, you could be a woman, so i don't know. mr.or mrs. triplet or ms. triplet, we do not have time to explain the richter scale. we can give a little overview. there are mathematical equations involved. it was come up with but a man named charles richter. we don't use the richter scale only anymore. tucker barnes has more on this. >> thank you, tony. here what is happened. richter scale not too effective i guess is the right word i'm

looking for once you get into the higher magnitude earthquakes. it has been modified and improved over the years. now, we use what is called moment magnitude scale so sort of a hybrid between the richter scale and this new scale. earthquakes are very, very complicated. we are most interested in the energy release when had an earthquake occurs. >> that is what causes the damages. for geologists there is all kinds of information that they want to know. number is so that, in general, we all understand what kind of damage an quick does. >> it gets very complicated. it all depends exactly how the fault is slipping, what direction it is slipping in, the depth of the earthquake to

determine how much damage is done. so it is very complicated. >> i think what this person is getting at is what is the difference between a 3.6 and an 8. 0 and as i i think most people may understand now, it is not -- the difference is tomb a certain factor. for example, a 4. 0 earthquake is a certain number of times worse than a 3.0. not necessarily times one or times 10. >> we have a graphic. >> we do have a graphic. we can talk about some of these earthquakes that we've seen recently and over the years. >> this is kind of of amazing. our 3.6, i mentioned this on friday. we get 49,000 earthquakes per year at that intensity so they are fairly common on planet earth. once you get into the higher intensities, they are much less frequent and that is why they have a tendency to die lot more damage. they don't happen very often. -- to do a lot more damage.

>> here, this was still our biggest in washington in recent past. 3.6. hatey was 7.0. chile was 8.8. -- haiti was 7.0. >> there may have been a 12.55 millions of years ago and that might have done in the dinosaurs. >> if you go from one whole number for another, say a 4.0 to 5.0, it is 31 times more energy. >> did the measurements pretty much stay the same. is a 7. 0 now the same as it would have been before. >> yes for lower magnitude earthquakes. the higher you go, the bigger the variation between the richter scale and the new scale. that is why necessity put -- he put in the new scale.

>> good question. complicated question. thank you for writing in. if you have a question, go to myfoxdc.com and click on the weather tab and we will try our best to answer it for you. >> can you explain exactly what causes earthquakes to me later on. >> sure. it is shifting plates. >> but what causes them to shift? >> tension. >> causes a lot of problems. >> let's got a look at traffic. >> it is a rough one already. >> i was feeling it a little bit here at the anchor desk, lauren. >> all right. we do have some road closures. we want to take a look at some video that sky fox was just flying over in vienna. lawyers road shut down east of hunters mill road. this is because of a tree that fell down across some power lines. it could be some time before they get that situation cleaned up. this again is lawyers road. it is kind of between the

dulles toll road and 66 in vienna but traveling east to west. also dealing with a road closure in northwest d.c. connecticut avenue, shut down in both directions at calvert street because of an ongoing police investigation. a locality of police and investigative cues out there at the scene. we want to tell you that you can take 16th street or mags mass avenue as an alternate. traveling northbound 395, watch your delays headed past the beltway. then a slowdown again right here near seminary road and king street headed up to the 14th street bridge where we have the new traffic pattern. two lanes to the left, one to the right getting around the construction barrels as you head up on to the freeway. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. back to you. >> thank you. the first lady getting some help flowing out the first pitch tonight at camden yards. michelle obama will be escorted to home plate by youngsters from the boys and girls club for tonight's game between the orioles and the tampa bay rays. this morning, the first lady is announcing a new initiative for her let's move campaign.

she will announce the joint initiative with members of major league baseball. a musical salute to the great white way at the white house last night. ♪ i don't care if he is a nobody &&. >> some of the broadway's biggest stars put on a show for the first family and guests in the east room. the event featured local talent too. students from duke ellington school. arts and the joy of motion dance center performed a segment from the show hairspray. >> in many ways, the story of broadway is also intertwined with the story of america. some of the greatest singers and songwriters broadway has ever known came to this country on a boat with nothing more than an idea in their head and a song in their heart. >> this was the latest installment of the ongoing white house music series. coming up next, you have computers and cell phones but most good ideas start out on paper. >> we'll show you how two people are take being the art

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>> reporter: good morning, everyone. i'm sarah simmons in for holly morris this morning. and i feel like we're indulging ourself today. and we are in a spa for stationary and exquisite papers. we're live at a store all about the art of invitations and creating your personal stationery using exquisite papers. they are beautiful. and we're going to learn about the ancient art of letter pressing and how they use it here. and if you have a budding artist, there is a camp coming

up so they can learn to be creative and create some stationery of their own. and so we'll learn about that and how you can create your own stationery with the two wonderful founders here later on this morning. back to you gurvir. >> we'll see you later on. that will do it for the 6:00 hour. steve and allison will take you through the next couple of hours. coming up this hour, cold cases possibly cracked. could i man in jail be behind the murder of two mothers and daughters here in our area. and this week after a high profile trial, the house where he was found dead is up for sale. we'll take you inside this swan street home. and this morning oil leaking into the gulf. this news comes as barack